75HellerRomanTimeMachine

	Roman Time Machine: Research, wiki participation, and contacting experts RUBRIC
CATEGORY	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Wiki Participation 10 points	Students post at least 5 pieces of information on the wikispace. This could include helpful websites, expert feedback, or in the “Forum.”	Students post at least 4 pieces of information on the wikispace. This could include helpful websites, expert feedback, or in the “Forum.”	Students post at least 3 pieces of information on the wikispace. This could include helpful websites, expert feedback, or in the “Forum.”	Students do not post in the Roman Time Machine wiki.
Expert Contacts 10 points	Students complete the “need to know” sheet, compose questions for the expert, and contact them in a professional manner.	Student does not meet one of the 3 criteria of expert contact (need to know, questions, professionalism).	Student does not meet 2 of the 3 criteria of expert contact (need to know, questions, professionalism).	Student does not attempt to contact an expert.
Content Accuracy 16 points	All information provided about the Roman and current problems are accurate. At least 8 facts for each time period. (16 total)	All information provided about the Roman and current problems are accurate. But not all 8 facts for each time period are researched.	Information provided about the Roman and current problems are not accurate or detailed enough and some are missing.	Information is not accurate, detailed, or missing.

	RUBRIC: PROJECT PRESENTATION
CATEGORY	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Sources 9 points	At least 3 sources of information are documented in MLA format.	At least 2 sources of information are documented in MLA format.	Information is documented but not in MLA format.	No sources are provided.
Final Solution 10 points	Using research you provide a clear and specific solution or plan for Rome to fix or improve their problem.	The plan or solution is present but not clear.	The plan is not based upon research.	There is no plan or solution provided for Rome.
Content 10 points	Your project presents 5 DETAILED facts about the Roman problem and 5 effective ways that the US is trying to solve these problems today .	Your project presents less than 5 DETAILED facts about the Roman problem and less than 5 effective ways that the US is trying to solve these problems today .	Your project does not contain accurate information from ancient Rome or the US.	Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors.
Mechanics 5 points	No misspellings or grammatical errors.	Three or fewer misspellings and/or mechanical errors.	Four misspellings and/or grammatical errors.	More than 4 errors in spelling or grammar.
Graphics 6 points	There are at least 6 graphics in your presentation.	There are at least 5 graphics in your presentation.	There are less than 5 graphics in your presentation.	Your presentation lacks graphics.

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